Austin Thistleton - Preface

I grew up in a small city outside of Cleveland, Ohio. A city known for rock and roll, and very chilly weather. I only got to experience the cold weather though. My name is Austin James Thistleton. My entire life was centered around my small town of Bay Village. Well that and my favorite place in the world to visit, Cedar Pointe. This was an amusement park where you could ride all of these amazing rides! Oh do I miss it. Moving on though, a lot of my family lived in this town as well. I had my cousin Shoes, just his nickname, my uncle Steve, my grandparents, and a few more cousins not to far from me. Even with all of this there wasn't ever anything to do, so we all just got together and had big parties. Not only would our family be there, but we would invite the whole town over for a big barbecue. These days were relaxing and happy, but eventually it had to come to an end. When I got a little older we had to move away from our small town, on our way to Atlanta, Georgia. As sad as it was to leave all the friends I had made, I was excited for this new adventure in my life.